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Z3 All one needs is popcorn! Sundance Film Festival posts film roster. Friday, January 9, 1998 www.weber.edusignpost Volume 60 Number 37 see a&e page 6 ( o ,. .X IT.-.-, i l . . J Senate to vote on proposed 9 percent increase By Patrick Parkinson campus affairs editor-The Signpost The student fee recommendation committee, in a meeting Tuesday, decided on the initial increase ceiling they will present to the Student Senate next week. The committee has calculated a possible 9 percent increase in stu- dent fees for the 1998-99 school year. The Senate will vote on this increase next Monday. Brian Brown, a student-at-large and representative for the performing arts on the committee, said the full increase will probably not occur, but the figure provides a necessary cushion for the committee to accomplish their goals. "I hope the senate doesn't cut it down too much," Brown said. Next year's budget proposals from almost all student-fee funded departments on campus have been received by the committee. Each department will have an opportunity to present their budget in person, while addressing questions and concerns from committee members. - Presentations will begin Jan. 13, with a final ceiling scheduled for installation Jan. 20. A representative from the committee was assigned to each department on campus. Earlier, representatives went to their respective departments and educated them on how the committee would like to see the proposals handled. John Shupe, academic vice president, said, "Every year we ask them to come in with the bare minimum. We don't want anything inflated. We don't want them to say that just because the student fee 'Coming out' brings discrimination, unemployment in military By Angela VVadman news editor-77ie Signpost With our changing society, issues of discrimination still continue. Colonel Margarcthe Cammermeyer, the highest-ranking officer ever to be discharged from the military for being a homosexual, spoke to students about the struggles she faced as well as others from discrimination during Weber State University's Convocation hour. Cammermeyer served 3 1 years in the United States Army. She also received the Bronze Star during her tour-of-duty in Vietnam. After her statement when running for general telling the military that she was lesbian, the military told her that she was no loneer needed, wanted or desired. inside post news seepage 2 &3 recommendation committee will give me less, then I will request more." The ceiling was determined by adding the budgets together and calculating the percentage difference from last year's total. This year's $5,088,593 sum was 8.9 percent greater. "They rounded everything up, so it's 9 percent," Shupe said. The committee considered alternatives before deciding on the initial ceiling. Special projects, Shupe said, could have been cut to achieve a lesser increase. Though this was one possibility, the committee opted for the 9 percent increase. "We haven't received two or three budgets yet," Shupe said. "It gives us a little leeway, because the ceiling we can't go over no matter what." The Student Senate, through a vote, will have the option of whether or not to accept the initial ceiling. "They can't lower it, but they can deny it," Shupe said. "And we would have to go back and crunch numbers again until we find something that we both agree on." Potential student reaction to the 9 percent ceiling has Shupe and See Money page 2 Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer editorial see page 4 I J-" I -v , I I J 'y - -v i. r n . '- j i .... u . ; V Where's the cream filling? With the fall of new snow, avid skiers and snowboarders enjoy the weather. Though this season has not seen many storms, resorts offer thrills for the adventurous. They also offer an escape from the college atmosphere and the monotony of winter life. This snowboarder demonstrates his ability to 'catch some radical air' at Powder Mountain Utah to benefit from By Gary Boyle news writer-The Signpost The Honours Programme began its Winter 1 998 Issues Forum with a discussion about the impending 2002 Winter Olympics in Northern Utah. Barbara McCovill,Ogden-Weber conventions and visitors bureau director and member of Northern Utah 2002, is committed to promoting and preparing the area for the Olympic games in four years. "The Olympics are here," McConvill said. "People who are going to grumble about it have four At the time of her discharge, she was chief nurse at the Washington State National Guard. "The role for women had changed, and the military had changed over the years. I thought this was my chance to give something back," Cammermeyer said. Cammermeyer joined the military in 1961 when it only allowed single women. It was there she meet her husband. "Women in the military could not have dependents. It was seen as a disability," she said. She was forced to leave the military after she got married. Then after four years, the military revoked their policy. She joined the military again. After 27 years, she came to realize a&e see page 6 years to plan a vacation outside of the state, but the Olympics are coming." Though the Winter Olympics last only 17 days, the games can have long-lasting benefits to the community, according to McConvill. "Tourists will come, spend money and then leave," McConvill said. "We won't have to house them, educate them, or hopefully arrest and prosecute them." Weber State University's Ice Sheet was constructed partially with Olympic funds. "The Ice Sheet operates in the black," McConvill said. "It is not a financial detain on the university." that she was a lesbian. "It was a personal struggle. Fifteen years of marriage and four kids why was it that every time I saw a telephone pole I wanted to hit it. All I wanted was to die. That was a scary place to be," she said. She said to those people who believe being gay is something bizarre, "How do you know that you are straight? What if you looked around and you didn't fit in? So you tried to fit in and you couldn't. You knew that if you continue to live as you do that you wanted to die. Why does the question of me being gay have to do with you?" Cammermeyer believes we need to cherish the sacrifices and the contributions made over the years. At the SpOftS see page 7 Olympics Funds of approximately $56 million were raised using an established tax from 1983, according to McConvill. "The governor has said that the state will be reimbursed this money through television contracts from the Olympics," she said. "There have been improvements to the community's infrastructure and communication abilities, paid for with Olympic money," McConvill said. "A lot of the improvements are hard to see, See Olympics page 5 time the constitution was written, women were unable to vote, and the African-American slaves were not deemed to be people. "We need to recognize that each individual is whole. Look how far we have come, and we are still not equal," Cammermeyer said. During World War II, a social change had occurred. Women were supposed to change as Rosie the Riverteer appeared. "It is amazing how over night she got muscles. Women were considered just as good as a man," she said. African Americans, women, gays and almost any person in the world has been discriminated against in one See Military page 3 .J Classifieds . . . .see page 8

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Z3 All one needs is popcorn! Sundance Film Festival posts film roster. Friday, January 9, 1998 www.weber.edusignpost Volume 60 Number 37 see a&e page 6 ( o ,. .X IT.-.-, i l . . J Senate to vote on proposed 9 percent increase By Patrick Parkinson campus affairs editor-The Signpost The student fee recommendation committee, in a meeting Tuesday, decided on the initial increase ceiling they will present to the Student Senate next week. The committee has calculated a possible 9 percent increase in stu- dent fees for the 1998-99 school year. The Senate will vote on this increase next Monday. Brian Brown, a student-at-large and representative for the performing arts on the committee, said the full increase will probably not occur, but the figure provides a necessary cushion for the committee to accomplish their goals. "I hope the senate doesn't cut it down too much," Brown said. Next year's budget proposals from almost all student-fee funded departments on campus have been received by the committee. Each department will have an opportunity to present their budget in person, while addressing questions and concerns from committee members. - Presentations will begin Jan. 13, with a final ceiling scheduled for installation Jan. 20. A representative from the committee was assigned to each department on campus. Earlier, representatives went to their respective departments and educated them on how the committee would like to see the proposals handled. John Shupe, academic vice president, said, "Every year we ask them to come in with the bare minimum. We don't want anything inflated. We don't want them to say that just because the student fee 'Coming out' brings discrimination, unemployment in military By Angela VVadman news editor-77ie Signpost With our changing society, issues of discrimination still continue. Colonel Margarcthe Cammermeyer, the highest-ranking officer ever to be discharged from the military for being a homosexual, spoke to students about the struggles she faced as well as others from discrimination during Weber State University's Convocation hour. Cammermeyer served 3 1 years in the United States Army. She also received the Bronze Star during her tour-of-duty in Vietnam. After her statement when running for general telling the military that she was lesbian, the military told her that she was no loneer needed, wanted or desired. inside post news seepage 2 &3 recommendation committee will give me less, then I will request more." The ceiling was determined by adding the budgets together and calculating the percentage difference from last year's total. This year's $5,088,593 sum was 8.9 percent greater. "They rounded everything up, so it's 9 percent," Shupe said. The committee considered alternatives before deciding on the initial ceiling. Special projects, Shupe said, could have been cut to achieve a lesser increase. Though this was one possibility, the committee opted for the 9 percent increase. "We haven't received two or three budgets yet," Shupe said. "It gives us a little leeway, because the ceiling we can't go over no matter what." The Student Senate, through a vote, will have the option of whether or not to accept the initial ceiling. "They can't lower it, but they can deny it," Shupe said. "And we would have to go back and crunch numbers again until we find something that we both agree on." Potential student reaction to the 9 percent ceiling has Shupe and See Money page 2 Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer editorial see page 4 I J-" I -v , I I J 'y - -v i. r n . '- j i .... u . ; V Where's the cream filling? With the fall of new snow, avid skiers and snowboarders enjoy the weather. Though this season has not seen many storms, resorts offer thrills for the adventurous. They also offer an escape from the college atmosphere and the monotony of winter life. This snowboarder demonstrates his ability to 'catch some radical air' at Powder Mountain Utah to benefit from By Gary Boyle news writer-The Signpost The Honours Programme began its Winter 1 998 Issues Forum with a discussion about the impending 2002 Winter Olympics in Northern Utah. Barbara McCovill,Ogden-Weber conventions and visitors bureau director and member of Northern Utah 2002, is committed to promoting and preparing the area for the Olympic games in four years. "The Olympics are here," McConvill said. "People who are going to grumble about it have four At the time of her discharge, she was chief nurse at the Washington State National Guard. "The role for women had changed, and the military had changed over the years. I thought this was my chance to give something back," Cammermeyer said. Cammermeyer joined the military in 1961 when it only allowed single women. It was there she meet her husband. "Women in the military could not have dependents. It was seen as a disability," she said. She was forced to leave the military after she got married. Then after four years, the military revoked their policy. She joined the military again. After 27 years, she came to realize a&e see page 6 years to plan a vacation outside of the state, but the Olympics are coming." Though the Winter Olympics last only 17 days, the games can have long-lasting benefits to the community, according to McConvill. "Tourists will come, spend money and then leave," McConvill said. "We won't have to house them, educate them, or hopefully arrest and prosecute them." Weber State University's Ice Sheet was constructed partially with Olympic funds. "The Ice Sheet operates in the black," McConvill said. "It is not a financial detain on the university." that she was a lesbian. "It was a personal struggle. Fifteen years of marriage and four kids why was it that every time I saw a telephone pole I wanted to hit it. All I wanted was to die. That was a scary place to be," she said. She said to those people who believe being gay is something bizarre, "How do you know that you are straight? What if you looked around and you didn't fit in? So you tried to fit in and you couldn't. You knew that if you continue to live as you do that you wanted to die. Why does the question of me being gay have to do with you?" Cammermeyer believes we need to cherish the sacrifices and the contributions made over the years. At the SpOftS see page 7 Olympics Funds of approximately $56 million were raised using an established tax from 1983, according to McConvill. "The governor has said that the state will be reimbursed this money through television contracts from the Olympics," she said. "There have been improvements to the community's infrastructure and communication abilities, paid for with Olympic money," McConvill said. "A lot of the improvements are hard to see, See Olympics page 5 time the constitution was written, women were unable to vote, and the African-American slaves were not deemed to be people. "We need to recognize that each individual is whole. Look how far we have come, and we are still not equal," Cammermeyer said. During World War II, a social change had occurred. Women were supposed to change as Rosie the Riverteer appeared. "It is amazing how over night she got muscles. Women were considered just as good as a man," she said. African Americans, women, gays and almost any person in the world has been discriminated against in one See Military page 3 .J Classifieds . . . .see page 8